Australia's Got Talent (season 8)

Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. Nine announced that the show would be returning in 2016 for an eighth season. It is the second season to air on Nine after it was axed in 2013.[1][2] Auditions are open for September and October 2015.[3] On 28 October 2015, it was announced that Kyle Sandilands Geri Halliwell, Dawn French and Timomatic have been replaced with a new panel of judges, they are Ian "Dicko" Dickson, Sophie Monk, Kelly Osbourne and Eddie Perfect.[4] Julia Morris did not return as host as she is committed to another show and was replaced by Dave Hughes as the host. For the first time, this season introduced the Golden Buzzer.[5][6] The season premiered on 1 February 2016.[7]

Australia's Got Talent
Season 8
Broadcast from1 February –
14 March 2016
JudgesKelly Osbourne
Ian "Dicko" Dickson
Sophie Monk
Eddie Perfect
Host(s)Dave Hughes
BroadcasterNine Network
Winner
Fletcher Pilon
OriginCentral Coast, New South Wales
Genre(s)Acoustic

Changes

Golden Buzzer

This series saw the introduction of the new golden buzzer. During the auditions, as well as the standard buzzers, there was a golden buzzer placed in the centre of the judges' desk. Each judge was allowed to press this buzzer only once, and it would send that auditionee straight through to the live semi-finals regardless of the opinions of the other three judges.

Wildcard

This season will see the introduction of a viewer-voted Wildcard entry to send one lucky performer directly to the Grand Finale. Contestants who are not taken through to the semi-final by the celebrity judges can be voted back into the finals by viewers as Wildcards.

Semi-finalists
Key     Winner     Runner up     Finalist Golden Buzzer

Wildcard

Name Genre Act Semi Position reached
Alysha Jones Singing Opera Singer 1 Semi-Finalist
Bosko & Honey Singing Singing Duo 2 Semi-Finalist
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid Singing / Music Singer/Guitarist 4 Finalist
Carter Dance Dancer 2 Semi-Finalist
Chris Tamoway Singing / Music Singer/Musician 5 Runner-up
Erik The Dog Variety Robot Dog Act 3 Finalist
Equals Dance Dance Crew 4 Finalist
Fletcher Pilon Singing / Music Singer/Guitarist 5 Winner
Gentlemen of Deceit Magic Magicians 2 Finalist
Irma & Sisko Animals Dog Act 4 Semi-Finalist
Jan Van De Stool Comedy Comedian 4 Semi-Finalist
Jessie Daley Magic Magician 3 Semi-Finalist
King Social Singing Band 3 Runner-up
Matt McLaren Singing / Music Singer/Pianist 2 Runner-up
Mick & Emma Acrobatics Acrobatic Duo 1 Semi-Finalist
Minnie Cooper & the Tiny Teeny Tappers Singing Drag Act 5 Semi-Finalist
NOA Singing Singer/Rapper 5 Semi-Finalist
Pardeep Kumar Dance Dancer 1 Semi-Finalist
Phly Crew Dance Dance Crew 1 Finalist
Raw & Rugged Dance Dance Troupe N/A Finalist
Rothomatic – Australia's LED Robot Dance Robot Act 5 Semi-Finalist
Showko Comedy Ventriloquist 3 Semi-Finalist
Sister's Doll Singing Band 1 Runner-up
Subih Brothers Singing Band 4 Semi-Finalist
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa Variety Spoken Word Poet 2 Semi-Finalist
Suzie Jay & Joe Ace Singing Singing Duo 3 Semi-Finalist
The Elliot Sisters Singing Singing Trio 2 Semi-Finalist
The Henry Twins Dance Dance Duo 3 Semi-Finalist
The Shake Man Dance Dancer 4 Semi-Finalist
TJ Music Drummer 5 Semi-Finalist
Violeta Bozanic Singing Singer/Pianist 1 Semi-Finalist

Semi-finals

The Semi-Finals started on 22 February. For the first time, the semi-finals aren't live. Two acts made it through to the grand final each week, and a wildcard was chosen for the final.

Semi-final 1
Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Dicko Sophie Kelly Eddie
Phly Crew 1 Dance Crew Won Judges Vote
Violeta Bozanic 2 Singer/Pianist Lost Public Vote
Mick & Emma 3 Acrobatic Duo Lost Public Vote
Pardeep Kumar 4 Dancer Lost Public Vote
Sisters Doll 5 Band Won Public Vote
Alysha Jones 6 Opera Singer Lost Public Vote

Semi-final 2
Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Dicko Sophie Kelly Eddie
The Elliot Sisters 1 Singing Trio Lost Public Vote
Carter 2 Dancer Lost Public Vote
Gentlemen of Deceit 3 Magicians Won Judges Vote
Bosko & Honey 4 Singing Duo Lost Public Vote
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa 5 Spoken Word Poet Lost Public Vote
Matt McLaren 6 Singer/Pianist Won Public Vote

Semi-final 3
Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Dicko Sophie Kelly Eddie
The Henry Twins 1 Dance Duo Lost Judges Vote
Jessie Daley 2 Magician Lost Public Vote
Susie Jay & Joe Ace 3 Singing Duo Lost Public Vote
King Social 4 Band Won Public Vote
Showko 5 Ventriloquist Lost Public Vote
Erik The Dog 6 Robot Dog Act Won Judges Vote

Semi-final 4
Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Dicko Sophie Kelly Eddie
Irma & Sisko 1 Dog Act Lost Public Vote
Subih Brothers 2 Band Lost Public Vote
The Shake Man 3 Dancer Lost Public Vote
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid 4 Singer/Guitarist Won Public Vote
Jan Van De Stool 5 Comedian Lost Public Vote
Equals 6 Dance Crew Won Judges Vote

Semi-final 5
Semi-Finalist Order Act Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Dicko Sophie Kelly Eddie
Minnie Cooper & the Tiny Teeny Tappers 1 Drag Act Lost Public Vote
TJ 2 Drummer Lost Public Vote
NOA 3 Singer/Rapper Lost Public Vote
Chris Tamwoy 4 Singer/Musician Won Public Vote
Rothomatic – Australia's LED Robot 5 Robot Act Lost Public Vote
Fletcher Pilon 6 Singer/Guitarist Won Judges Vote

Finals
Color key

Final – Top 11

The top 11, including the grand final wild card act, appeared in a grand final performance before the Grand Finale. An audience vote followed after the show and only 5 acts returned for the Grand Finale with new performances.

Act Order Performance description Result
Equals 1 Dance Crew Lost Public Vote
Callum The Heavy Metal Kid 2 Singer/Guitarist Lost Public Vote
King Social 3 Band Advanced to Grand Finale
Gentlemen of Deceit 4 Magicians Lost Public Vote
Matt McLaren 5 Singer Advanced to Grand Finale
Raw & Rugged 6 Dance Troupe Lost Public Vote
Erik The Dog 7 Robot Dog Act Lost Public Vote
Chris Tamwoy 8 Singer/Musician Advanced to Grand Finale
Phly Crew 9 Dance Crew Lost Public Vote
Fletcher Pilon 10 Singer/Guitarist Advanced to Grand Finale
Sisters Doll 11 Band Advanced to Grand Finale

Grand Finale – Top 5

For the first time in series 8, the Grand Finale aired Live and the winner was decided by the viewers, not the judges. Magician/illusionist AGT Alumni Cosentino had a performance and actor Jack Black was a guest judge. The winner received $250,000. Fletcher Pilon was announced as the winner.

Act Order Age(s)/
State		 Act description Place Result
Chris Tamwoy 1 20, QLD Singer/
Musician		 Runners-up
King Social 2 29–53, QLD Band
Matt McLaren 3 27, NSW Singer/Pianist
Sisters Doll 4 18–23, VIC Band
Fletcher Pilon 5 14, NSW Singer/
Guitarist		 Winner

Ratings
Colour key:
     – Highest rating during the season
     – Lowest rating during the season
Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(millions) 		Nightly
rank 		Source
1 "Auditions" 1 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.865 #10 [8]
2 7 February 2016 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.914 #6 [9]
3 8 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.896 #9 [10]
4 14 February 2016 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.740 #9 [11]
5 15 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.775 #10 [12]
6 21 February 2016 Sunday
7:00 pm 		0.633 #9 [13]
7 "Semifinals" 22 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.703 #14 [14]
8 28 February 2016 Sunday
8:00 pm 		0.748 #9 [15]
9 29 February 2016 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.671 #13 [16]
10 6 March 2016 Sunday
8:00 pm 		0.630 #13 [17]
11 7 March 2016 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.594 #19 [18]
12 "Final – Top 11" 13 March 2016 Sunday
8:00 pm 		0.599 #11 [19]
13 "Grand Finale – Top 5" 14 March 2016 Monday
7:30 pm 		0.785 #12 [20]
"Winner Announced" 0.961 #7

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